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{{ Infobox diagnosis
{{ Infobox diagnosis
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| Image      = Desquamative interstitial pneumonia -- intermed mag.jpg
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| Caption    = Desquamative interstitial pneumonia. [[H&E stain]]. (WC/Nephron)
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| Micro      = abundant brown pigmented airspace macrophages (smoker's macrophages), architecture preserved ("linear fibrosis")
| Micro      = abundant brown pigmented airspace macrophages (smoker's macrophages), architecture preserved ("linear fibrosis")
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| Prevalence = rare
| Prevalence = rare
| Bloodwork  =
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| Rads      =
| Rads      = ground glass airspaces changes - usu. all lobes but peripheral predominant and in lower lobe predominant
| Endoscopy  =
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'''Desquamative interstitial pneumonia''', abbreviated '''DIP''', is a [[diffuse lung diseases|diffuse lung disease]] that is strongly associated with [[smoking]].
'''Desquamative interstitial pneumonia''', abbreviated '''DIP''', is a [[diffuse lung diseases|diffuse lung disease]] that is strongly associated with [[smoking]].


The term ''desquamative interstitial pneumonia'' is a [[misnomer]].<ref name=pmid18794314>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Attili | first1 = AK. | last2 = Kazerooni | first2 = EA. | last3 = Gross | first3 = BH. | last4 = Flaherty | first4 = KR. | last5 = Myers | first5 = JL. | last6 = Martinez | first6 = FJ. | title = Smoking-related interstitial lung disease: radiologic-clinical-pathologic correlation. | journal = Radiographics | volume = 28 | issue = 5 | pages = 1383-96; discussion 1396-8 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1148/rg.285075223 | PMID = 18794314 | url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/rg.285075223}}</ref> The airspace cells that characterize the condition were once thought to represent desquamated epithelial cells but are now know to represent macrophages.<ref name=pmid18794314/>
The term ''desquamative interstitial pneumonia'' is a [[misnomer]]. The airspace cells that characterize the condition were once thought to represent desquamated epithelial cells, but they are now know to represent macrophages.<ref name=pmid18794314>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Attili | first1 = AK. | last2 = Kazerooni | first2 = EA. | last3 = Gross | first3 = BH. | last4 = Flaherty | first4 = KR. | last5 = Myers | first5 = JL. | last6 = Martinez | first6 = FJ. | title = Smoking-related interstitial lung disease: radiologic-clinical-pathologic correlation. | journal = Radiographics | volume = 28 | issue = 5 | pages = 1383-96; discussion 1396-8 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1148/rg.285075223 | PMID = 18794314 | url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/rg.285075223}}</ref>


==General==
==General==
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Treatment:  
Treatment:  
*Stop smoking/remove or manage underlying cause.
*Stop smoking/remove or manage underlying cause.
==Gross/Radiology==
Features:<ref name=pmid8497631>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hartman | first1 = TE. | last2 = Primack | first2 = SL. | last3 = Swensen | first3 = SJ. | last4 = Hansell | first4 = D. | last5 = McGuinness | first5 = G. | last6 = Müller | first6 = NL. | title = Desquamative interstitial pneumonia: thin-section CT findings in 22 patients. | journal = Radiology | volume = 187 | issue = 3 | pages = 787-90 | month = Jun | year = 1993 | doi = 10.1148/radiology.187.3.8497631 | PMID = 8497631 }}</ref>
*Ground glass (airspace changes).
**Usually peripheral predominant (~60% of cases) and lower lobe predominant (~70-75% of cases).
**Typically all lobes are involved - though upper lobe spared in ~20% of cases.
*Fibrotic (radiologic) changes ~50% of cases.


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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===Images===
===Images===
<gallery>
Image: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia -- low mag.jpg | DIP - low mag.
Image: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia -- intermed mag.jpg | DIP - intermed. mag.
Image: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia -- high mag.jpg | DIP - high mag.
Image: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia -- very high mag.jpg | DIP - very high mag.
Image: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia - alt -- low mag.jpg | DIP - low mag.
Image: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia - alt -- intermed mag.jpg | DIP - intermed. mag.
Image: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia - alt -- high mag.jpg | DIP - high mag.
Image: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia - alt 2 -- intermed mag.jpg | DIP - intermed mag.
</gallery>
====www====
*[http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/case27/dip27.html DIP (ucsf.edu)].
*[http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/case27/dip27.html DIP (ucsf.edu)].


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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Diffuse lung diseases]].
*[[Diffuse lung diseases]].
*[[Smoking]].
*[[Smoking-related interstitial fibrosis]].


==References==
==References==
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